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‘I feared I was going to die’ – Chester joint-manager Johnson opens up on Covid ordeal

The former Salford City manager also suffered kidney failure and was diagnosed with pneumonia when he contracted the deadly infection.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 August 2021

‘I feared

By Lucy Roberts

The former Salford City manager also suffered kidney failure and was diagnosed with pneumonia when he contracted the deadly infection.
“It was the scariest time of my life,” he told Uclan Live. “I thought for a day or two that was it.”
The 38-year-old, who takes charge of the National League North Blues alongside Bernard Morley, tested positive for the virus on July 19 after his nine-year-old daughter Bella contracted it following outbreaks in her class at school.
He isolated and experienced flu-like symptoms but things took a sharp turn for the worse and a week later, wife...

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